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Malaysia has a vast capacity for students all around the world with more than 100 institutions, there are 20 public, more than 160 private, 10 foreign branch campuses and more than 39 language and skill centers in Malaysia for international students.
Here is a list of 10 Malaysian universities that are ranked top in QS ranking system in all categories i.e public, private and branch campuses
University |
QS Rank |
Category |
University Malaya |
70 |
Public University |
University Putra Malaysia |
123 |
Public University |
University of Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) |
129 |
Public University |
University Sains Malaysia |
143 |
Public University |
Monash University Malaysia |
57 |
International Branch Campus |
University of Nottingham (Malaysia Campus) |
114 |
International Branch Campus |
New Castle University of Malaysia |
122 |
International Branch Campus |
Taylor’s University |
284 |
Private University |
UCSI |
284 |
Private University |
University of Technology PETRONAS |
361 |
Private University |
Malaysian institutes has been categorized into 3 for international students to study. These include:
Public Universities
Private Universities
International Branch Campuses
Under the preview of Ministry of Education Malaysia, there are 20 public universities that are government- funded and further divided into three major categories/ groups
Groups |
Universities |
Offered Programs |
Group 1 |
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Group 2 |
Polytechnics and Community Colleges |
Certificate and Diploma programs |
Group 3 |
Public Colleges |
Certificate and Diploma Courses |
Compared to public universities, private offer wide range of programs for all study levels
Having bigger campus and provide a vast range of facilities
Award degrees in their own names
Provide extensive research platform for postgraduate study programs
Malaysia took step forward and has initiated a vast setup of foreign university’s campuses in own country. There are 10 campuses of foreign universities in Malaysia originated from Australia, UK, China and Ireland with the following characteristics
Offer programs that are identical to main campus
Provide out class education to international students by maintain same standards of education as in home campus
Students can save up to 40% tuition fee and living cost by enrolling in a international branch campus in Malaysia and gain same quality of education deliver in home campus
These 10 International Foreign Campuses are as follows
Curtin University
Monash University
Swinburne University of Technology
The University of Nottingham Malaysia
Heriot-Watt University Malaysia
Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia
University of Southampton – Malaysia Campus
University of Reading Malaysia
Xiamen University Malaysia Campus
University College Dublin Malaysia Campus
The Ministry of Education Malaysia has introduced its own ranking system (QS WUR Subject Ranking) for measuring the quality of universities for different subjects. According to this ranking here we described list of universities for specific subject
University |
Subject |
QS WUR Subject Ranking |
University of Malaya |
Library & Information Management |
32 |
University of Putra Malaysia |
Agriculture & Forestry |
80 |
National University of Malaysia |
Electrical Engineering |
145 |
University of Science Malaysia |
Pharmacy & Pharmacology |
75 |
University of Technology Malaysia |
Petroleum Engineering |
41 |
Management and Science University |
Hospitality and Leisure Management |
51-100 |
Taylor’s University |
Hospitality and Leisure Management |
16 |
Petronas University of Technology |
Petroleum Engineering |
21 |
Monash University |
Pharmacy & Pharmacology |
2 |
University of Nottingham |
Pharmacy & Pharmacology |
5 |
University of Southampton |
Statistics and Operational Research |
33 |
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